Get Your Premium Membership

Nigeria's Faithful Lover

Streams of empty promises my lover did buy me, Lights that darkness penetrates and pierces, Love so much you lift a ring, Wrath like lightening you bring. Emotions so heavy strong men cannot lift, Eyes so blind they see the truth, My lover is different every four years, Each bring me to tears. Our children are full of nothing but air, Food is scarce, that bit is clear, Holed passages that many perish each day, You lie and say "I will find a way" My heart cries to my lovers each time, They all cut me from reaching my prime. The children are fight they have guns and bombs in hand, Your feet never stay on land. My lover the man who brought the change, My lover another thief not in a cage, My lover an old man who has lost his head. My lover, the one who killed me Nigeria and left her for dead.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 1/9/2017 1:22:00 AM
great piece, full of intrigue and suspense. Keep it up. Naye Joseph Jeremiah
Login to Reply
George-Taylor Avatar
Kofoworola George-Taylor
Date: 1/9/2017 1:42:00 AM
Thank you ??
Naye Avatar
Joseph Jeremiah Naye
Date: 1/9/2017 1:25:00 AM

Book: Shattered Sighs